Hi and welcome to my very quiet post. The only thing that got done this week was to wash the Small Blue Scrappy Quilt. I put it into the dryer (I don't do that often but the results give such fluffy goodness).
Small Blue Scrappy Quilt
Finished and washed, the small blue scrappy quilt is ready to take to the guild meeting next week.
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| Small blue scrappy quilt washed and ready to give |
April's One Monthly Goal (OMG)
I tried to have this quilt as my February OMG but it didn't happen. Maybe I'll have a little bit of time to devote to it. There is only minimal FMQ to add and the binding (which will be in the darker colours). I'm hoping that this can get done. I would love it to hang on my daughter's wall. 😊
It's the Floral Fusion wall hanging, made during the quilt a-long hosted by Denise at The Quiltery.
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| My April OMG - the Floral Fusion wall hanging |
What I've learned
- It's been a turbulent week here. Hubby is back in the hospital as infection set in. It was only superficial (as in not deep into the wound) but they did need to operate to clean everything up. The nurses and doctors have been amazing. I am so thankful for our health system. It may not be perfect but it is accessible and won't eat up our savings!
- Self-care has helped enormously. Daily reminders of what I need to keep healthy, including stretching and meditation has helped. I'm far from calm but I'm not a total mess 😉
- I did attend the April Fibre 15 meeting and was glad for the companionship and the excuse to get out the the house to do something for myself. I did a tiny bit of embroidery, so nothing to show there.
- I also put as a goal to read a blog post per day. It didn't happen every day but quite a few. I'm glad that I was able to do at least that!
- Thank you so much for your comments of support. I'm not usually so obviously personal in my posts but it's been a hard time. I appreciate you all. Thanks 😍
Related links
- Self-care and Free Motion Mavericks, March 28, 2025
- February's OMG: PQ 16-3 Common Blocks & Free Motion Mavericks, February 06, 2025
Linking parties
I will try to link up as much as I can, including the April OMG. Remember that you can link your post below, even if you don't FMQ or machine stitch your own quilts. Monday Musings, Sew & Tell, Put your foot down, Off The Wall Friday, TGIFF, Finished (Or Not) Friday, Beauties Pageant, Patchwork & Quilts, 15 Minutes to Stitch 2025, Oh Scrap!,
Free Motion Mavericks
Welcome to week 525 of Free Motion Mavericks! Thanks so much for linking up. Here are the projects from last week that included FMQ, ruler work or walking foot quilting.
The Joyful Quilter FMQ her lovely yellow March Table Scraps Challenge finish. What a cute mini! She even wrote the words of a song on it, since that was the theme. Check out her post to see what song inspired the piece!
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| Joyful Quilter FMQ yellow March Table Scraps Challenge mini |
Brenda from Songbird Design participated in the SAHRR parade. What a great modern, geometric quilt! Brenda used rulers for some for the quilting. You'll want to check out her post to see the back of the quilt's lovely quilting!
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| Brenda's SAHRR 2025 Finish! |
Brenda also created a gorgeous Bunnies in the Garden quilt for her March Island Batik project. She used her embroidery machine for the bunnies and flowers. I don't think that she FMQ the quilt, but she used parts of Karlee Porter's digital motifs on her quilt. I've included it here because these are great inspiration for FMQ motifs that you might appreciate. Check out Brenda's post to see close-ups of each block. It's truly worth it!
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| Brenda's Bunnies in the Garden quilt |
It's now your turn!
Hope your hubby is recovering well. Infections are very scarry things.
ReplyDeleteI hope all is healing well for your hubby. I really like your Floral Fusions wall hanging! Visit one blog a day--great goal idea. I struggle to get to other's blogs--busy quilting, sewing and writing my own. But I realize there's a give and take.
ReplyDeleteI hope your husband is back home with you and fully recovered soon. The only good time to go to the hospital was when you came home with a cute little newborn, and those days are behind the both of us! I love the Floral Fusion project you're working on for your daughter and I hope April ends up being a calmer month with you with more creative time and less stress!
ReplyDeleteI love the scrappy finish of Floral Fusion, I can't wait to see how you finish it. Your blue scrappy finish is eye catching with the beautiful blue fabric. Thank you for linking for up to Put your foot down.
ReplyDeleteHopefully Your Guy will be home and all healed really soon. Those secondary infections are scary. So glad you got some time to yourself for a bit of self care. Hope this week is markedly improved.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely OMG for April and your blue scrappy quilt finish is great. Thanks for the feature. And, I did FMQ the Bunnies in the Garden quilt with some of the motif's I learned in Karlee's class. It is all FMQ and ruler work. I hope to take her class again this fall and hope to have more time to play with FMQ next year. I'm glad you got hubby back for the infection before it worsened and hopefully he will be home soon and much better. Thanks for sharing with us at Monday Musings.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to hear about your husband, but very thankful that you are able to easily receive care. Good for you for taking care of yourself, too. It's so important. Thanks for linking up your project.
ReplyDeleteThanks for keeping it real. It's too easy to measure ourselves against others and not our own capabilities and capacities. It's nice to see that you have healthy priorities in such a crazy time.
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